I just discovered that I was a very weird child.

Not too long ago, I was visiting my family in Seattle. While is was there, my mom gave me something from my childhood, so I thought that I would share it with you.

When I was in 4th grade, my teacher gave our class an assignment to write a story. It could be about anything. Many kids wrote fairy tale type stories, or stories about animals, but I had a whole different idea.

The only challenge was it had to include 5 facts from any historical event that happened. I chose the eruption of Mount ST Helens. You should also note that this was in 1988, when George Bush senior was running for president against Michael Dukakis, and in the republican primaries, he was running against Pat Roberston.

This story is not some bit, this is the real story that I wrote, verbatim.

THE BAD CAMPAIGN

Written and Illustrated by

Kyle Cease

Grade 4

Seattle Washington

Dedicated with love to my mom, dad and my brother,

And not with love to George Bush, Michael Dukakis, Pat Robertson and Michael Jackson

Page 1.

A guy named George Bush was running for president of the United States of America (he was running against Pat Robertson.) Pat Robertson was from Wisconsin and the campaign was for Wisconsin.

Poor Pat said he would do something terrible if he lost. The big announcement came (for who won Wisconsin) and the winner is. SQUAYEZ @#$RF#*(a big shake interrupted the speaker.)

The big shake was MT. ST. Helens erupting. (They were having the campaign announcement in Seattle; where they got the shake.)

Page 2

A nice young Floridian name Jack was watching the campaign report and he had heard who won. After the shake was over, Jack called the announcer and Bush’s campaign manager and told them that Bush had won.

When he told them who won, they had him fly (American Airlines) to Bush’s office for about 3 days (as a reward). They asked him to join the campaign staff. He told them he couldn’t because he lived so far away.

Page 3

When he got there, he couldnt believe what the place looked like. The American Flag was in one corner and his desk was under it. There were 3 rooms, all bedrooms and a butler.

Page 4.

After he had been given the tour of campaign headquarters, they got into a conversation about how ash clouds resemble cauliflower. George Bush first observed this particular phenomena.

Page 5.

Finishing this enlightening conversation, Bush also noted that the latest edition of the Times claimed that the path of ash was 20 meters wide across Eastern Washington. As they chatted, Pat Robertson came in with a gun. Tell me more, he screamed with rage. (He was still annoyed about losing the campaign.) Okay, retorted George, scared of the gun. Ash rises at a minimum of 500 MPH. Ash traveled around the world. Tell me one more thing, ordered Robertson. Ohhhhh-Kaaaaay said Bush. In some places ash and debris were reported to be as much as 2000 feet deep. Great! said Pat, and he left.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author is an awesome 10 year old who likes to tell jokes, ride his bike around the block, read, write, just play with his yo-yo and just generally have fun. His favorite TV show is The Cosby Show

The greatest book ever written.